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Chas Newkey-Burden

@allthatchas.bsky.social

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Krishna. Cows. Writing. That order. COYBIG.

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Chas Newkey-Burden @allthatchas.bsky.social · May 4

Thought I’d do a thread with my five favourites of my animal rights articles.

Starting with my favourite of all: my 2017 dairy article that blew the whole thing open…

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Dairy is scary. The public are waking up to the darkest part of farming | Chas Newkey-Burden

The photo of calves in cramped pens will shock many, and with so many non-dairy alternatives now, consumers have a choice

www.theguardian.com

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Chas Newkey-Burden @allthatchas.bsky.social · 17h

I’ll try and get it on there. Thanks for telling me :)

Chas Newkey-Burden @allthatchas.bsky.social · 23h

And on the Spotify

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Jane Hazlegrove (Alison Kemp) interview

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Chas Newkey-Burden @allthatchas.bsky.social · 23h

Here it is on Apple

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Jane Hazlegrove (Alison Kemp) interview

Podcast Episode · Jesus Christ, They've Done It - The Threads Podcast · 07/10/2025 · 25m

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Chas Newkey-Burden @allthatchas.bsky.social · 23h

Ooh which app are you on, please?

Chas Newkey-Burden @allthatchas.bsky.social · 1d

My new one: on taking pets on the tube and in planes. @thespectator1828.bsky.social

www.spectator.co.uk/article/why-...

Why you shouldn’t travel with your pets

Transport for London is refusing to take down a social media video which encourages owners to take their cats on the tube network. The unhinged Instagram video shows two owners taking their cats on an...

www.spectator.co.uk

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Bang! 101 Songs About Nuclear War from the 1980s @bangpodcast.bsky.social · 2d

It's a topic that he knows bloomin well... As we found out. It'll be a fascinating listen.

Chas Newkey-Burden @allthatchas.bsky.social · 2d

I’ve got a podcast! When I watched the nuclear war film Threads at the age of 11 it terrified me and changed my life forever.

I started the pod to speak to other people whose lives have been changed by Threads, from cast and crew members, to extras, broadcasters, authors and super fans. Out now!

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Chas Newkey-Burden @allthatchas.bsky.social · 3d

WOOP!

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Bang! 101 Songs About Nuclear War from the 1980s @bangpodcast.bsky.social · 3d

Shout outs to @allthatchas.bsky.social @indashadoz.bsky.social @johnlogsdon.bsky.social @metalkevin.bsky.social in our latest episode...

Bang! 101 Songs About Nuclear War from the 1980s @bangpodcast.bsky.social · 3d

Episode 16 is out!
"People Say It Could Never Happen Here"... 3 superb frontiers... #RogerTaylor, #DonaldFagan, #PeterGabriel as well as brilliant songs by #PinkFloyd and #LouReed. Join us!
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People Say It Could Never Happen Here.

Podcast Episode · Bang! 101 Songs about Nuclear War from the 1980s · 06/10/2025 · 44m

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Chas Newkey-Burden @allthatchas.bsky.social · 3d

The simple truth is that Kartik is the most beautiful time of the year. 🙏🏼

Chas Newkey-Burden @allthatchas.bsky.social · 4d

There’s a section about when her kid spent a summer in hospital. I was in the next bed with a broken leg. It’s a brilliant book.

I also love that when a journalist I know arrived to interview her and declined her offer of a glass of wine, Jilly pressed on: "Oh go on, just a *gentle* glass..."

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Chas Newkey-Burden @allthatchas.bsky.social · 4d

I loved Jilly Cooper. She lived round the corner from us in Putney when I was a kid, and she wrote a magnificent book about her experiences there called The Common Years.

I recognise all the places and several of the characters, including some of the dogs.

Chas Newkey-Burden @allthatchas.bsky.social · 4d

‘I interviewed both Nevilles several times during their playing days and Gary always came across as a trade union foreman at heart.’

My next piece is about Gary Neville. Posting soon, as they say…

Chas Newkey-Burden @allthatchas.bsky.social · 6d

Happy #worldanimalday 💚

Chas Newkey-Burden @allthatchas.bsky.social · 6d

Left to right: Jeffrey Epstein, Rolf Harris doing a racist sketch, an extra from Threads

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The Week @theweek.com · 8d

The figures aren’t falling because the “underlying causes of migration have changed” but because, in response to a shift in public sentiment, the EU is “experimenting with new ways” of heading migrants off, said The Economist.

What’s behind Europe’s sharp drop in illegal migration?

Fall in migrant crossings won’t head off tougher immigration clampdowns

theweek.com

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Chas Newkey-Burden @allthatchas.bsky.social · 8d

Go and troll someone else. And I hope you feel happier soon.

Chas Newkey-Burden @allthatchas.bsky.social · 8d

RW 🤣🤣🤣

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daisyh75.bsky.social @daisyh75.bsky.social · 8d

I listened to a podcast each day of her trial. I have no idea if she’s guilty or innocent but I don’t think she had a fair trial. I was really uncomfortable with some of it. I worked as a nurse in the NHS for 26yrs & very aware of how it often works.

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Chas Newkey-Burden @allthatchas.bsky.social · 8d

Rest in peace Jane Goodall. Om Shanti 🙏🏼

Chas Newkey-Burden @allthatchas.bsky.social · 8d

You seem smart and impressive

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The Spectator @thespectator1828.bsky.social · 9d

Who would feel safe entrusting their baby to a health service that might have shown such cowardice and cruelty to one of their own?

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The thought of Lucy Letby's innocence is too appalling to bear

Who would feel safe entrusting their baby to a health service that might have shown such cowardice and cruelty to one of their own?

www.spectator.co.uk

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Chas Newkey-Burden @allthatchas.bsky.social · 9d

I wrote about what learned from my years campaigning for the Birmingham Six and Winston Silcott - and how that applies to Lucy Letby…

www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...

The thought of Lucy Letby's innocence is too appalling to bear

Who would feel safe entrusting their baby to a health service that might have shown such cowardice and cruelty to one of their own?

www.spectator.co.uk

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Bang! 101 Songs About Nuclear War from the 1980s @bangpodcast.bsky.social · 10d

No new episode from us today, but why not catch up on some old ones? So many fab guests... @allthatchas.bsky.social was on our last one to discuss his #Threads obsession. We also talk #Eurythmics with this gorgeous collab with Elvis Costello "Adrian".

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